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kron 4 news at 7 starts now.
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>> thank you for joining us on thursday december 6th. the water crash in san francisco the suspect taken to the hospital will have details coming up in live for. >> fresh and easy market could be closing here in the bay area across the nation. we will tell you what the grocer store chain before it closed its doors. >> and we will take a look at weather and traffic at 7:00 a.m. on a thursday morning how was it going? barr >> we are dealing with some areas of low clouds and dense fog. as we head into the afternoon we are expecting partly sunny conditions dry and mild. into the evening partly cloudy and cool. will have the full forecast coming up in just a bit. for now lead over to erica pretty. >>thank you janu. light conditions for most of the
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east bay with the exception of interstate 580 westbound. no problems along the peninsula and your ride is just 25 minutes coming out of novato into sentences go. thank you erica. new this morning this developing story in san francisco police chase in with a suspect in jail. thousands of gallons of water spilling out into the street after a fire hydrant was taking out. kron fours will tran is on the senate to explain what happened. >> where are at the folsom market. the firefighters are fixing the street. will not know how long they would continue to shut down the ramp. it could be maybe another hour or an hour-and- a-half. the have to fix the scabbling it does not appear that the building itself is under construction-- scabbling--scaffling.
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>> sanford's is go police officers spotted a man and tried to pull it over he refused there was a short pursuit finally he loses control and is a fire hydrant and since all the water onto the street. the fire department had to come out and shut it down. he did suffer minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. he was checked out and taken to jail. the injuries were not bad enough for he could be in the hospital a long time. as far as how long pursuit to place we are not sure. we are hoping to hear from the seventh is a police department. unfortunately no one was injured other than the driver. it is already causing confusion with the morning commute picking up people are thinking they could make the right turn onto the bay bridge that is not the case. instead of turning here they have to turn on to fremont look upon
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harrison it is only maybe two minutes extra for those who are used to making the right turn it is causing confusion and already we saw a couple of an accident because people instead of making the right turn had to merge back on to traffic. that you mark. >> also new this morning in san jose police investigating a hit and run. a man was struck by a vehicle and the driver fled the scene the victim died. the police are looking for a dark colored s u b r van with possible damage from the crash. >> new this morning three family members accused of running an unlocked a group home in an upscale san jose neighborhood. this is a video of the home that prosecutors saw--say was littered with trash and overrun by dogs. 63 year old jennifer ngo and her 25
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charlesng nguyen entered pleas to multiple counts of abuse. one of the families of zero daughters margaret ngo also pleaded. prosecutors say more than a dozen mentally ill men and women many of them vietnamese immigrants stayed at home. in addition to the poor condition so the residents told board is they were beaten, denied food and medication that there's no security and disability benefits taking. >> for now the department will avoid federal intervention all sides have agreed to appoint a compliance director to ensure the remaining forms left on the checklist from
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the ride is case are completed. the chief recommended some officers be reprimanded for their actions during occupy open protests. the compliance officers will have the authority hired by the chief and other personnel. >> this morning same-sex cost the moscouples in washingte are trying our best-tying the knot just hours after the law legalizing gay marriage took effect. the video this morning shows gay and lesbian couples attending marriage license at the county auditor's office. last month, nearly 54 percent of voters passed are for rent of 74 proving same-sex marriage. washington joins several other states which now allowed a lead vehicle is the way. >> regression use of marijuana is officially illegal in the state of washington. last night under the people gathered on the space needle for new year's eve style countdown when the
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measure to the fact. they cheered and lit a joint in unison. public use of marijuana is still bad and selling it is still climb but the police say they'll only issue verbal warnings until further notice. national political figures are point out that smoking pot is still a federal crime. >> a storm drain under the road in lafayette failed to open up a giant hole. the workers had to widen the whole by 10 ft. to place everett support the boulders on top. officials fear soil erosion could push up the story request creek possibly leading to flooding of nearby homes with another storm hit. the road could be close for the entire winter, as crews figure out a plan to replace the drag. >> in the wake of last weekend's rain all of the soap groundings trees are still falling down. in richmond crews were out cleaning up this 40 ft ac
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acia tree it came crashing down of the top of a home in florida avenue over the weekend. the house itself held up the roof was damaged and in san francisco russian hill neighborhood workers were removing a 100 ft cypress tree which fell. a 75 t crane had to be brought in to begin removing the tree from the house. >> they look at the traffic the tree from the house. >> they look at the traffic and your drive you won't take my life. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12 years.
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welcome back watching wall street in the dow jones industrial average down sitting at 13,024. zing the has filed for a gaming license in the battle. zinga. >> new this morning apple ceo tim cook says the company will produce one of its existing lines of mac computers in the nine space next year. cook didn't say which line of computers will be produced here or where specifically in the country there will be made. the consumer electronics world is never really had a big production presence in the u.s.. the news comes a day after apple posted is were stock drop in four years of racing 35 million and market application.
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>> lawyers for the world's top two smart filmmakers a return to court today in san jose. samsung is seeking to overturn a 1 billion jury verdict that the korean textile giant rip-off at was designed for its iphone at ipad. apple inter is looking to add five under a million more to the award while barring sales of some two dozen older samsung products from sale in the nine states. >> continue to watch bay area traffic of this thursday morning. the hot spots for now traffic is light on the james lick. [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets,
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drivers along the golden gate bridge will soon have an extra wall of protection in the middle of the roadway. the proposed moveable median barrier is expected to read head on collisions like the one that occurred yesterday morning. the chp, says the driver of a lexus, traveling southbound, plowed into a volkswagen traveling the opposite direction. the barrier project is estimated to cost more than $26 million and should be completed by 2014. >> on to bay area weather and traffic right now we are watching the forecast. janu as the drying out trend. >> thank you mark. we can see high pressure building
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in that is what kicking in the drying trend. will be a rain free weekend. we are waiting up to some low clouds and areas of dense fog and we are expecting partly sunny conditions in the afternoon. dry and warmer into the weekend as well as into your work week. taking a look at fog trucker 4 pretty widestracker 4 pretty . we will see sunshine roll back into the evening and overnight hours pushing it to the shores of the in the valleland valley. >> 62 in santa rosa 53 in that the disco. we will start see 60s in the nine caught our9:00 hour. .leavinlowe
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inland valleys. 60 in san bruno. 574 half moon bay. 62 for san jose this afternoon. off into the north bay low 60s. 60 in santa rosa. 59 degrees expected in downtown san francisco. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast a drying trend lasting about the forecast we're expecting sunshine. slightly warmer temperatures in the mid week. the highs getting up to the mid-60s and lows dropping out of the low '40's. >> and good morning janu . we have a new problem at the bay bridge but we are not clear as to what is going on. we have an entry in the see a traffic clogged something going on westbound 80. off my guess i my guess is a stalled
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vehicle. the word is 880 is backed up. we are seeing delays for your ride out of the east bay into san francisco over at the san mateo bridge we did have a portion of debris in the lines come from the toll plaza. >> south bound 10 on the golden gate bridge ride problem free. we are seeing more cars on the road. we do not have any accidents to report. fair or traffic map things have changed. in our last report we saw smooth sailing for interstate 280. now we are seeing traffic bunching up. the red on your screen shows be below 25 mi. are hour. is in downtown san was a equally slow conditions and if you are using northbound 101. to the peninsula is a problem free. it is a bit sluggish north and southbound 101. we do
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have slow conditions for parts of the peninsula and as we take it over to the east bay it looks like 45 minutes this drive time along interstate 580. >> thank you erica. two suspects accused of a string of robberies killing a man during a fell carjacking in shooting at police officers are said to enter pleas next month. 26 year-old jonathan will banks and 15 year-old adonis muddrow are being tried as adults. the aircraft are a foot chase and shootout that left will banks and police also suffered gunshot wounds. will banks and muldrow also accused of killing is a person in an attempted carjacking. >> the the screes former
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head of an elite bay area drug task force is facing up to 17 year to prison. norman weilsch pleaded guilty to stealing drugs from the clock to try to sell them on the street. he will not be sentenced in february. he is a private investigator christopher butler were indicted for stealing drugs operate abroad and conducted funding operation to raw process. >> 6 bay area contras were caught up in a statewide frosting. a total of 100 unlicensed contractors were involved. this thing started those working without proper lies which involve working like a painting, is calling for the landscaping. the six light unlicensed contractors or from sonoma county. >> charges a been filed
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against its deficits go manicures kidnap and rape and an autistic girl walked away from her group home in oakland. 360 gary atkinson appeared in court to be arraigned on charges that include rape, kidnapping and lewd act on it child. prosecutors say, result of the gross times over three day. four she managed to escape. atkinson has been convicted several felonies before including robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. >> officers believe this ring is a small part of a larger ring which is going on in san francisco and other locations to out the bay. police have arrested three people. what about electronic devices have been covered valued at half a million dollars. the so items include one itself of more than 75 laptop jewelry and 32,000 house in cash.
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>> a. severs is possible visor's no concern about the spike in self on a tablet that since the city. about scott wenner said the robbers are critical public safety problem that must be addressed. winner said he will call for a hearing of the public safety committee and ask that both texaco police chief and district attorneys also be there. nearly half of the 2300 robberies committed so far this year involve mobile and have the devices. >> traffic looks like it is moving well is dry and, now. we will be right back.
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welcome back to the kron 4 morning news and national news we have new census data showing a clear in sustained drop in illegal immigration. the number of illegal immigrants in the u.s. dropping to 11.1 million last year after it peaked at 12 million in 2007. but the first time since 1910 immigrants from asia are topping hispanic immigration. a legal hispanic immigration is unlikely to approach the level that we saw in the mid 2000's. >> a person has been arrested in the death of a man was pushed on to the subway tracks in new york. a 30 year-old man has been taken to custody. and see him there as he appeared in court. the family of the victim spoke out. the man
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who was killed. he is accused of killing the man and pushed him into the subway. the prosecution say the detectives told them that the victim was bothering the man who pushed him and would not leave him alone and that is what started the fight that ended in the tragic death on the track. >> the tie from that hit the philippines the death toll has climbed to 350 people. billy for the people are still missing. rescuers are continued to search the mud and debris for them. the hurricane hit hardest in the southern philippines were government officials say entire families were washed away. >> as the kron 4 morning news continues a live look from mount tam this thursday morning. low clouds around the bay into some blue sky above. winning the fog to break up around the bay area of big changes for the weather forecast will have more on your weather the latest look at your morning commute. watching wall
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street as well without the jones amount of time. we will be back with more stores the kron 4 morning news' returns in two minutes.
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good morning and welcome back 7:28 a.m. is a time. taking a look at our live camera at santos go on and as ave.san francisco. >> dealing with low clouds
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and locally dense fog this morning as best as sunny afternoon dry and to leaving. because of a low visibility there are delays in arrivals at sfo average of about 48 minutes. if you're headed there you want to tracheck travel times. >> we are here at the approach the bay bridge toll plaza in my last report i imagine solemn the incline. it looks like they may have clear that. i do not think there are any lange obstructions. the damage has been done. traffic coming from a 80 back up to the diamond lane split. interstate 80 fixing some delays. that right is just shy of 30 minutes out of oakland into the city. the rest of the bay area however, dealing with light conditions. >> thank you erica now for a developing story we are following out of san francisco the was a police chase and it ended with water gushing from the
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street scaffling damage and a suspect in jail. >> will tran is at the same. what happened will. >> even though the suspect is long gone for the scene until the damage the reason why is because people are used to making a right turn from fulton to go to the bay bridge. they cannot do that which is why over the past 85-10 minutes they have brought out a van from the san francisco police department. one more barrier to remind people it is off limits until the crews finish fixing this scaffling. it looks like they will be here for the next hour or two. this happened at 4:00 a.m. the morning police attempted to pull him over for a d.u.i. he takes off and lows of control at this intersection. he plowed into
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a fire hydrant even though it was meant to break away. at the rate that he was going he did receive some damage or injury to himself. it was taken to the hospital and ultimately arrested. fortunately he did not injure anyone but himself. how long this pursuit took place. we are not sure. we're hoping to hear back from the san francisco police department about that. is it is a slight detour maybe a minute or so you have to drive be on this point to make a right on fremont and then look back on harrison. for those of you used to making the right to turn this cause a lot of confusion. the sparrows were not good enough is by the san francisco police department had to come out as well. two things to tell people. this is off limits until 9:00 this morning. >> thank you hopefully people look and check before they leave the house because the woman with a will be in for. >> another story we are following a supermarket chain is considering closing its 200 fresh and easy to a
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grocery store to the u.s.. their 19 in the bay area. our solo reporter mike pelton is outside of the fresh and easy in walnut creek. >> it is a popular browsers store. they have 19 ross stores across the bay area another tent in the west coast. 19 across the bay area. the company's ch-- this will result in the company leaving the united states that is catching people here by surprise. take a listen. that is kind of depressing because i think they had a good product. i am sorry but i would like to see them stay. >> i would be ok but i hope another store would open. i really would hold another store would open their. >> coming up at 8:38 a.m. you will hear from an
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employe of a nearby store and why he says it would cripple his business if this fresh and easy close as well. they are looking at all out as as it pertains to the future of their fresh and easy change in the united states the most a half-that they hope to have more answers by april. >> the time now is 7:33 a.m.. the prize for crab this holiday season might be going up. crab fisherman from san francisco, half moon bay, and the date they are on strike over prices. no bolts are leaving the docks. the problem started over the weekend when crab boat skippers for the fish brokers were planning to cut the prices they pay for fresh crab from $3 per lb to as low as $1.80 per pound. his broker said the strike is already affecting supply. price disputes with guns in this crab are coming during the holiday season. last year, the official refused
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to go into the water into the were given the price they wanted. >> residents in the area of la honda are being advised by the san mateo county department of public works to conserve water. after storms have stirred up region's main water source. the party say recent storms led high levels of sediment in the alpine creek. that's the water source to about 800 customers in the lahonda area. a to the water can be replenished, the district is importing from its source 3 mi. away and asking residents to scale back on water usage. >> claiclean up crews were in san anselinm neighborhood where a clock store pipe overflow periods ended about three-day started thousand gallons of raw sewage into residence on the mixing into sleepy hollow creek. for the clock and the
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pipes have been removed and sanitation districts continue to take samples from sleeping all agree. to check for contamination. >> one person is dead after a house fire ripped through a home in severs a skulking will cite heights neighborhood. the one alarm fire was reported last night in the area of 60 st. charles avenue route 8:03 p.m.. the fire was contained around 9:08 p.m. the victims' identities not be released at this time. >> the contra costa county shares of some investigating a homicide. it happened last night in pleasant hill. it was reported to be near the intersection of interstate highway 680 and concord ave. no further details of an release at this time. we will bring you updates as they become available. when we come back will have update on our weather and traffic. we will be right back.
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welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. the ctime is 7:39 a.m.. we all like pizza. we like the. we like baking it and the wonderful smells that come from a fresh the big piece of but what you want to smell like one. pizza hut's think there might be a few out there because the chain created a limited edition perfume that smells like fresh sheet baked dough. for the bechtel with a little bit of spice mix then, according to its marketing director. these perfume started as a joke on the piece of facebook page but evolved into the real thing after enough people sign up as fans on the side. for the first 100 and into direct message pizza hut canada of facebook at a ball of a limited edition said.
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those bottles went out this week so they arrive in time for christmas. it is possible the perfume could appear in stores and future. because pizza hut got more than a thousand messages from fans wanting their perfume which includes top notes for see baked ham impasto. >> one comment of facebook says you too can smell like you work at pizza hut. you might not have any luck with the leas bugboy have animals will love you. >> 80 jan says this is gross. over heard at club/barb/bus i wanna get with the guy/girl cause they smell like frisky baby is a bellwether best bargain plan. >> another comment was i
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love the smell of fresh pizza on a woman to each of home. >> what you wear it to entice a man. i didn't measure they deliver. (laughter) always thinking nowhere around it. >> 7:41 a.m. we willouple of minutes and take a live look at the golden gate bridge traffic. it looks much better than yesterday's we will be right back. and do not forget after our show at 10:00 a.m. you could watch dr. field. to date if how to talk to your kids about sex. and when it is the right time to have that talk. that is at 10:00 a.m. right at the the kron 4 morning news.
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welcome back to the kron 4 morning news the big stories we are following now severs is always on scene at the crash that happened just before 4:00 a.m. this morning. it happened on the corner of folsom essex st. paul into a is the start of the driver failed to yield. >> the number of people seeking unemployment aid fell sharply last week as a temporary spike caused by superstar sandy has faded quickly. >> applications have fallen back to a level consistent with modest hiring. >> dozens of same-sex couples in washington state are trying the best as tying the knot today just hours
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after the law legalizing gay marriage takes effect. last month nearly 54 percent of voters passed a referendum 74 approving same-sex marriage. >> thank you we're taking it live you from our mount tam cam. we are dealing with fog in that area but he up to widespread low clouds. partly sunny conditions in the afternoon. the drying trend kicking in today and partly cloudy inkle this evening. storm tracker for showing us how widespread the cloud cover is. we're seeing some breaks of sunshine but we will do with a lot of cloud cover and fall in the 10:00 a.m. hour. into the evening it will start to push into the east bayshore off finland valley as well as portions of the south bay. as for your temperatures it has not been to chilly of a start. 52 in santa rosa as well as the bottle. 54 in a vallejo. upper 50s in oakland. for
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men 50 and san jose. at the 9:00 a.m. hour was it 60s indicated by the green color on your screen. the green color is growing more widespread. . our afternoon highs will bring us close 60s. for those of you head out by about 8:00 it is will drop down to mainly '50s. your afternoon highs look like close this is for the east bay shore. low sixties for your inland valleys. upper 50s for the coast. 63 in los gatos is afternoon into the north bay lows this is as well 6 degrees in santa rosa, novato. off upper 50s for san rafeal in downtown 7 cisco. is a lot marin are showing a high- pressure ridge. we have a drying trend digging in. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast is showing us we have plenty of dry conditions in store. >> good morning we have a couple of problems on the roadway take a look to the
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traffic map spirit northbound 280 right at highway 92 we have an injury crash. chp at the ambulance heading to the scene. emergency crews are blocking the slow lane however, we are not seeing too much of an impact. if a lot of green on the road with sensors indicating speeds over 50 mi. per hour. that will be on the roadway for quite some time. another problem at the richmond san raphael bridge at the westbound direction mid span we have a metal piece sticking out coming from the pri bridge one of the lanes is obstructed but no delays getting across taking it over to a live camera we did have a stall earlier on bay bridge that has since been cleared. however, a residual delays persist did concede id jammed up from 880 with the misery lights going on. here at the san mateo bridge traffic is flowing the drive under 15 minutes from into in. off southbound 101 looking of the golden gate bridge looks gloomy but we
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do not have been incidents to report. >> good morning gary. >> we have some nice people. you have some nice people the regular guy is on vacation. >> we have some nice people here gary. >> these people are very nice they do no--they actually e very friendly they did not have a panic in their voice. >> we have plenty of time and a lot to get to i want to talk first about kobe. he got to 30,000 points. the guy was up 7 ft. 2 in. tall when he started. the first couple of years where lebraun came in and was going in doing everything right away it took kobe a couple of years before he got rolling. >> this is a great milestone
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he is only the fifth player to do it. >> and i will say again just the last few years have all been leeron. kobe is an incredible player he plays when he is heard. this is good. >> someone figured out if he kept a decent run up until he was 40 not exactly what he's doing now but still pretty good he could pass kareem abdul jabar but he has to go to 40. >> the warriors one that was a 78 road trip. they are doing very well. >>--7 game road trip. >> to be a halfway decent
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team you have to beat the cortines is supposed to. the tour is 18 they were supposed to be. they are not very good all. >> what do you think about the next? >> o brooklyn is like the hottest selling jerseys. you see j.c. and beyonce in the front row and everyone is excited. they have a pretty good team. -test j ez. today at 2:00 is the press conference but we all know the new cal coach will be sonny dykes . his father said despite dykes he was a big-time college and now the sun is taking over. >> i did not know the father's name was spike dykes it
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>> i like the names i like the records from where he came at louisiana tech. cal probably likes the price. they were trained the previous coach 2.3 million. they got this guy for less. >> your li-sao fired up to date. >> yes i like to look at all the different avenues of what i'm talking about-- >> i can tell by the sound of your voice that you feel fabulous. >> this guy knows the area prior to going to louisiana tech he was the assistant coach at arizona so we will see this is not one of those things where you go all my gosh. he obviously knows his stuff and we will see. >> we will see what happens tonight is the raiders and broncos. what i was
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wondering if you look is a mirror image and is not good the broncos are opposite of the raiders with their record. 3-9, 9-3. >> after the loss someone wanted autographs from patent manning. if the raiders will switch to be upset if the raiders players were getting autographs on peyton manning because he is such a hall of famer leaving >> that would be a bad loss you better not getting any autographs you better just go home. >> tonight you watch, you may be looking at the best regular-season quarterback of all ties. i am not talking about the playoffs. montana won four super bowls bradshaw as one for brady has won three. as far as the
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regular season he can beat m v.p. again. it will be his fourth or fifth time. >> i would have to research that says i would have to do the research to know the answers. have someone look it up real quick. >> dino would have looked it up. >> i do not care about the know anymore.dino anymore. >> i am glad you like our staff gary. >> are you putting together an audition tape you were just light and happy today. >> would you like to be my agent? >> that is about enough i like the relationship we have (laughter) we will see you gary. we (laughter) we will see you gary. we will be right back.
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>> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. and recreational use of marijuana is illegal in the state of washington. we will take a look at how some residents celebrated the new law going into effect. plus an early morning police chase isn't a crash and one man has now been arrested. we will have a live report for that as well. and the storms have finally settled. we are watching your whether this morning. we will be right back here on kron 4 morning news. [ game announcer ] touchdown! and here comes the dunk.
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>> the morning. the top stories we are following this thursday, december 6th. a police chase ends in a watery crashes san francisco. the suspect has been taken away in a stretcher. we will have a live report coming up. >> an agreement has been
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reached in connection with the possible federal takeover of local police to permit. more on that coming up. >> and another state makes it legal for same-sex couples to marry in the united states. but that's not all they are celebrating. >> with star with a live look at the golden gate bridge and will show you that we do have a cloudy start to europe thursday morning. we do have a drying trend starting today and we could see there is a fog. banks are looking pretty good and tomorrow morning it will be partly cloudy and dry. into your weekend looks great. temperatures right now are fairly pleasant the temperatures unsettle francisco is at 57 degrees.
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concord is a 54 degrees, livermore 56 degrees and there are no reports from the airport of any delays. >> we have big problems at the richmond san rafael bridge. westbound 580 has a metal piece stick it out of the relatives and it is blocking the lanes. crews are on the scene and we can see there is a bit back up. this these are down to 20 mi. per hour. there is really no good alternative rounded and you could take a different freeway but take a look at the sluggish conditions. >> we're also seeing a back up at the approach to the bay bridge. i will have before check on what is going on with the rest of
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the bay area coming up. >> also new this morning, san jose police are investigating a fatal hit and run crash. this happened just before 6 last night in the area south why road and come bay ave. >> people can make this right turn onto the bay bridge and two other agreements have been reopened. this looks like there is some damage and assisting them longer than what they expected. here is video of this accident and this driver was pulled over from the severance is called police department or least it tried to because he was suspected of drinking and driving he lost control of his car and slammed into a fire hydrant. the spd was
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going he suffer some injuries and he was taken to the hospital. he was checked out of the hospital and now they have arrested him. we do not know his identity but we hope to get this information to you later. >> this has spent thousands of gallons of water on the street and the fire department cannot turn the water off. they would not be able to come back here to keep the fire hydrant and the system is okay. they're want to make sure that the workers are done. it appears that the structure itself is fine and what they're door right now is that there try to under the process trying to build some new things syrria >. >> san jose police are investigating a fatal hit- and-run crash that happened just before 6 last night in the area of south y xx ave.
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if police arrived to find a man that was hit by a vehicle and that the driver fled the same. if police are looking for a dark color suv or bend a possible damage from the crash. >> a year's long battle over the oakland police department federal takeover has ended. oakland mayor jean quan and police chief howard jordan have announced the police the power would not be subject to a federal court appointed receivership. instead, all sides have agreed to appoint a compliance director to insure that the remaining reforms left on the checklist's from the riders case, are completed. the compliance officer will have the authority to hire and fire the chief and other personnel. >> british retail giant tesco's venture in the
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united states known as fresh and easy neighborhood market might close all their stores in the united states if they do not find a buyer. the company announced yesterday that it will close 200 stores and on 5000 people. this video is of one fresh and easy store opened in san jose leisure. the chain builds itself as a market where shoppers the five freshener for waffles. >> the rain-soaked ground. ms. more trees are taken the fall. they had a widened the hole and put voters on top of it and now they are afraid that with more red that more of this could be pushed then and into nearby homes and flood them. there are watching for this and they believe that this street may be called for the entire winter as they try to
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replace the drain. >> in richmond, crews were out cleaning up this 40 ft. tree. it came crashing down on top of a home on florida avenue over the weekend. a 75 t crane had to be brought in to bring removing the tree from the house. the tree itself held up but the roof was damaged. >> dozens of same-sex couples and washington state are tying the knot just hours after the law legalized gay marriage took effect. new video this morning shows gay and lesbian couples out any marriage licenses that the county auditor's office. last month, nearly 54% of voters passed the no. 74 pro same-sex marriage. washington and joined several other states which
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now allow gay and lesbian couples to wait. >> recreational use of marijuana is officially legal in the state of washington. last night, hundreds of people gathered under the space needle for a new year's eve style come down when the measure took effect. they cheered and lit joint's in unison. public use of marijuana is still ben, and selling it is still a crime. but the police say they will only issue verbal warnings until further notice. national political figures are pointing out that smoking pot is still a federal crime. >> we will be right back.
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that the company will produce one of its existing lines of mac computers in the united states next year. if cook did not say which one of computers will be produced here where pacific league in the country they will be made. the news comes a day after apple posted is were stock drop in four years, the racing 35 million in market capitalization. >> lawyers for the world's top two smart phone makers are returning to court today in san jose. samsung is seeking to overturn a 1 billion jury verdict that the caribbean tech giant ripped off apple's and designs for is iphone and ipad. apple in turn is looking to add five under million more to the award while bearing sales of some two dozen common older
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>> welcome back. drivers along the golden gate bridge will soon get an
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extra wall of protection in the middle of the roadway. the proposed mobile median barrier is expected to prevent head on collisions like the one that occurred yesterday morning. the chp says, the driver of a lexus, traveling south about, piled into a volkswagen travel in the opposite direction. the barrier project is estimated to cost more than $26 million and should be complete by 2014. >> let's take a double live look outside. from our roof and san francisco on the left--bay bridg, ride-- >> we're waking up to cloudy conditions for this thursday but we will not see the sun comes out. we will see this fall and this afternoon the
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clouds would this decrease. it will stay dry for the rest of the day. it will be fairly cool the saving. the reason why we will not see stormy conditions for the next several days is because the satellite radar is showing high pressure. this is on to push everything just east of us. we will see a quiet dry and mild weather pattern. this will make a lot of people happy. >> the temperatures right now in daly city is at 48 degrees, san francisco is set a low 50s. it is 54 degrees in vallejo and redwood city is also coming in at 54 degrees. most of us are in the '50s and there are a few spots of green for the south bay into san jose.
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as we put this in motion which see the green is filling men and most of the russian make it into the low 60's. after that will buckle down into the 50s and temperature rise there will be fairly comfortable once you say the peak of the sunshine. >> laura 60's for campbell and sunnyvale. it will be 60 degrees in mountain view. you have a green may get up to the mid 60's for today. for france in the east bay will be low 60's for comfort in danville. for our friends in the north bay your temperaturebear about 60's for petaluma and san rafael. san francisco will get close to 60 degrees.
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you're a 7 day around the bay shows that the drive pattern will continue until tomorrow and the weekend will be lots of sunshine for saturday and sunday. next week monday, to set, when satuesday, wednesday will e the side. >> north star bay is coming up it 60 edges with no new snow. >> i do want to update everyone on the conditions over the richmond san rafael bridge. the westbound 580--a metal piece was sticking out of the bridge and it was affecting one of the allies. the road with sensors are not predicting any slowdowns but we are still seen delays
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of to 10 minutes across the span. it is really not worth the tories just allow yourself some extra time. just attack on a few extra minutes and this is not the only problem. we do have an injury crash for northbound to 80 and highway 92. this is blocking the slow lane and we are same minor delays. the drive time here is 25 mi. per hour. this is back of some of the approaches a last check 880 riot-the marin lights were active. >> southbound 1 01 is heavier compared to our last report and you can see the traffic is starting to slow down approach in the toll plaza. if conditions are
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still looking good coming out of the north bay and we do not have any major accidents to report. >> new this morning, one person is dead after a house fire ripped through a home in san francisco's in gold site heights neighborhood. the one alarm fire was reported last night in the area of 60 st. charles avenue are around 830. the fire was contained around nine the victim's identity is not been released at this time. >> also new this morning- that's the contra costa sheriff's office is investigating a homicide. it happened last night in pleasant hill. it was reported to be near the intersection of interstate highway 680 and concord ave. no further details have been released at this time. >> two suspects accused of a
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string of robberies killing a man during a failed carjacking and shooting at police officers are set to enter pleas next month. 26 year-old and jonathan will banks and 15 year-old adonis muldrow are being tried as an adult. the pair crashed a car, a foot chase and shootout that left will bags and a police officer suffered a gunshot wounds. >> the disgraced former head of a need to bay area drug task force is facing up to 70 years in prison. norman wielsch pleaded guilty to selling drugs from evidence lockers and trying to sell them on the street. he would not be sentenced in february. wiesch and private investigator christopher and butler were
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indicted for stealing drugs, operating a brotherl and conducted some extent operations to rob a prostitutes. >> this video is of the home that prosecutors say it was littered with trash and overrun by dogs. 63 year-old jennifer ngo and 25 year-old son, charros nguyen, entered the pleas to multiple counts of abuse. one of the families of adult doors, and margarete ngo, also pleaded. prosecutors say more than a dozen mentally ill men and women, many of them vietnamese immigrants, stayed at home. in addition to the deplorable conditions, some of the residents told authorities that they were beaten, denied food and medication and had their social security and disability benefits taken. >>
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>> welcome back. new this morning. a new census data shows a clear and sustained drop in a legal emigration. if this is more than a decade of increases. the
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number of illegal immigrants in the u.s. dropped to 11.1 million last year after a peak of 12 million in 2007. for the first time since 1910 immigrants from asia topped hispanic immigration. >> police took 30 year-old naeem davis into custody on the same day the family of the victim, 58 year-oldki-s uck han, spoke to the press. davis is accused of pushing han on to the subway tracks monday. he is charged with second-degree intentional murder and second-degree murder with depraved indifference to a human life. detectives say that davis' claim that han was bothering him and would not leave him alone. >> three southern
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california man accused of plotting terrorist attacks against the u.s. pleaded not guilty in federal court. they entered their pleas and there riverside court yesterday. prosecutors say that the three have been planning for almost a year to join in al qaeda and the taliban in afghanistan and carry out terrorist attacks. the fourth defendant has not yet faced the jury. and he is scheduled to appear on monday. >> charges have been filed against the san francisco man who is accused of kidnapping and raping an autistic girl who walked away from our group, oakland. 36 your will gary atkinson appeared in court to be arraigned on charges including rape, kidnapping and lewd acts upon a child. prosecutors say, he sought
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to the vermont will times over a three day period before she managed to escape. >> six bay area contractors were caught up in a state wide fraud scheme. a total of 100 l and unlicensed contractors were involved. the stating targeted those working with a proper licence which involved work like painting, installing flooring and landscaping. the six of license contractors were from the sonoma county area. there were arrested and will face misdemeanor charges. the penalty is up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $5,000.
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>> welcome back it is 8:31 a.m.. >> we will take a live look at temperatures and what will happen if you try to head over the bay bridge. if you look up the skies are gray. >> the good news is that we will stay dry and here is a live look at downtown san francisco. we are not showing any raindrops and it will be dry for the next several days here. we will be getting dry doubt since we have been getting hammered by storms. the drying time will continue and we could see some areas
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of fog. it there are no local reports of dense fog. tomorrow will still be areas of fog and we will see a mixture of sun and clouds and beyond that it will be dry and warmer in the weekend. >> the time is 8:32 a.m.. >> we're still tracking delays at the richmond san rafael bridge. there is a piece of metal from the bridge and these planes have been cloned off. we're seeing some delays due to this. you should allow yourself extra time because the delays are running from 10 to 12 minutes. you certainly do not want to take an alternate because there are still delays. it is speaking of the bay bridge a live look shows that we're still jammed west about 580. it >> there will be sluggish
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conditions and we are getting the limit of the upper deck. >> develop the nose of the san francisco where a police chase ins with a suspect in jail and thousands of gallons of water out on the street. >> the water is gone but the masses still buy time. the crew is still they're fixing the scabbling. they were able to open up the street s six. people are not able to come out and make their right turn. as far as this is concerned it probably will bay up in the next 45 minutes. this stated that they had to replace this dappling. here is video of the suspect being arrested. they suspect he had been drinking. he refused to stop and then he took police on a short pursuit of loss control is to this fire hydrant. >> they stated that he may
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have caused the hundred thousand dollars worth the damage because the chp said is that the fire hydrant have to be reinstalled. we do not know as far as the system is concerned what-- that the best case scenario that could switch his firearm back on and this is what architectures are opened. no one was injured other than the driver of the car. we do not know his age or his name i have put my calls to the police departments of the ticket was disinformation. >> the time now was a 30 5:00 a.m.. the british supermarket is considering closing its 200 gross restores in the united states. there are 19 of them in the bay area. >> mike pelton is outside of
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the fresh and easy in walnut creek. >> this fresh and easy open their doors just about a half hour ago. this is just one of 19 stores across the bay area and fresh and easy also has other areas across the west coast. all of their markets may close and they are announcing that they are having a trustee should review of their stores. this is due to a shareholder returns and the chief executive this stated that this will likely result in the company leaving the united states sought together. some of the shoppers and area say that there are ups that. >> i have been here since 1969 and when this goes restore close and we did not have won it really hurt. this will hurt the other businesses around here. >> they stated that they're
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trying to look at their options pertaining to th fresh and easy ceo is stepping down and this brings on uncertainty for the company as they head into the new year. >> one of the benefits of this type of market is that it is automated and you do not have to deal with cashier's. most of the full is prepackaged and that benefits--you self check out and you do not have to deal with anybody. they stated that is a different sort of experience when you come to this cross restore. >> we will be right back as kron 4 news continue. here is a live look outside
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>> in world knows. egypt republican guard has ordered protesters supporting and opposing president mohammed morsi to leave the area all around the presidential
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palace that has been the site of fierce clashes. the guard a protesters on both sides time to clear up. at least five people were killed in fighting between islamic supporters of morsi and opponents. thursday's ultimatum comes then an official statement that also announced a ban on protests outside any of the nation's presidential palaces. >> the death toll from the typhoon that hit the southern philippines has climbed to a 350 people today in nearly four as a people are still missing. the typhoon hit hardest in the southern philippine area. government officials say entire families were washed away. >> nato has called on north korea to cancel its plans for a second rocket launch. ambassador said yesterday that the launch would violate you in resolutions
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and could dast to belies the korean peninsula. north korea's state news agency announced their decision to launch a space satellite on saturday. russia and china both urged north korea on monday to not proceed with the planned rocket launch.
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>> it is 8:44 a.m.. >> we do have our eyes on the weather. here is a look at the golden gate bridge. we should have sunshine by the time you hit the toll plaza. there is still a lot cloud cover outside. >> the good news is that we was see drying weather for the next several days. there are low clouds and fog but overall is not a huge problem. we can see some areas of fog but we're not
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seeing any dents. this afternoon we are expecting more sunshine. it will be partly cloudy and cool. temperatures right now as you wake up has downtown san francisco at 53 degrees. santa rosa is a 52 degrees. future cast for temperatures by noon it will be in the '60s. >> most of us will be in the low to mid 60's so it will be a fairly nice day especially with the sun. we will cool down this afternoon, right around the '50s for most areas by 8:00 p.m.. it will be a pretty pleasant evening. you should get ready for more sunshine for friday and into the weekend. it temperatures
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in the south bay are low 60's for santa clara and san jose. fremont will get up to 61 degrees. the east bay will be in the lower 60s as well. fairfield will come in at 62 degrees. the north bay will be in the upper 50s close to 60's. this is force san rafael and downtown san francisco. richman will get up to 59 degrees. we will stay dry for the next several days and a warming trend will be for the weekend. >> friday will be even more sunshine but friday and saturday morning we may have fog. you should keep your eye on this. once the fog burns off a lot sunshine is expected. sunday will be near 60's. this will be a great way for us to in the weekend. we will keep you
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posted on the warming conditions for the next week. for right now there's no rain. we do need this dryer weather because our grounds are saturated. it >> we do have big problems of the richmond san rafael bridge. 580 in the westbound direction--a metal pieces sticking up and it is coming up between two of the lines. this entire area as cone off. we're seeing delay is heading to the middle part of the bridge. it is really backed up on the approach. these delays are now stretching closer to 580 where it joins with interstate 80. for those of
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you coming down the shore freeway you will see these delays. this may be a tough commute for you. delays are averaging somewhere between 10 to 15 minutes. >> we are slow and a little bit behind schedule as you approached the toll plaza. we're seeing more movement but the memormemory limetering s have not been activated. heavier traffic is on southbound 101 at the golden gate bridge but the ride has improved, not more ran county. our traffic map shows 85 them both direction--which is the slowing of around highway
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237. mountain view northbound is still jammed up approach in cupertino. it is still sluggish on 1 01 interchange. the red and yellow say is that there are hot spots which speeds below 20 m.p.h.. >> the time is a 40 9:00 a.m.. a new study shows that more people shopped on thanksgiving day than black friday this year. 30% of americans surveyed in a new poll says that they shot either in stores or on line on thanksgiving day. that's slightly more than 29% of shoppers who visit stores on black friday. sales fell 1.8% on black friday hisself this year. but it rose almost 3% for overall weekend, including banks given day. it >> expects to see some
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changes to instagram and twitter. previously, when instagram users we did about their instragram photos the amish would appear in line with the tweet. now, those in-line images are cropped and improperly for matted and mobile apps. according to a instagram, going for the images will cease to exist at all in any twitter products. >> the video game call of duty and black mops to has crossed the $1 billion mark in sales. that's according to game maker acti-vision. the game hit a milestone
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just 15 days after its launch back on november the 13th. >> cal football has a new head coach. the golden bears have hired louisiana tech's coach sony dykes in hopes that the offense mastermind can revive a program that's troubled in recent years under the fired jeff ted ford. dykes will be formally introduced in a news conference later today. he takes over cal team that went 3-9 this past season and missed the boat for the second time in three years. >> the nhl labor talks will continue again today. after both sides met for nearly nine hours yesterday. if the players association is expected to have an internal meeting today off before meeting with the nhl. today will be the third straight day of talks attempted to
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settle the dispute that is threatening the entire hockey season. the lockout is not in this 82nd today. >> the duchess of cambers has left the london hospital where she was being treated for morning sickness. the duchess of alba she left teen at work the seventh hospital alongside her husband prince william. royal officials have stated that kate is lesson 12 weeks pregnant. if she was admitted to hospital on monday. and reminder >> to cash dr. phil right after the kron4 morning news. today, how to talk to your kids about sex and when is it right time to do that? that's at 10:00 a.m. right after the kron4 morning news.
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days. the next hints of rain will be the 18th. >> nasa has released new night * satellite photos of earth. these photos were captured by the nasa-nosa which is equipped with sensors to i observe the planet at night. different images around the world like the nile river, united states and the skulls have been captured with this new satellite. the satellite also captured the glow from natural sources including moonlight, nor the allies and naturally occurring fires. >> the driver of this cars in the hospital and under arrest. there is a big announcement from apple and i will tell you what the ceo has to say. there are big profits from the video game call of duty.
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temperatures not too bad right now is your stepping out the door. downtown san francisco's at 57 san jose 56 oakland 57 santa rosa 53 livermore 55. we have this drying pattern continuing and also a warming trend coming this way. your full forecast including a seven day coming up but first there is erica >> we have some delays and the richmond san rafael westbound mid span the metal pieces sticking out from the roadway. is currently called off and caltrans is investigating the matter. the damage is done although none of the lanes have been blocked off. we are seeing
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delays stretching from the 580, 80 split. it is really slow around canal street and conditions improved just past mid span. he looks like drive times are delayed. the drive times are 22 to 23 minutes. >> after a police chase a drive driver crashes. will tran is live on the scene with more. >> the driver is in jail after being checked out at the hospital. he left behind a lot of damage. they finally cleared out this year at 15 minutes ago. the crews had a fixed as the offloading and now we're back to normal. it took them about five hours to do that. here is video of the fire hydrants for around 4:00 this morning. please try to
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put a man hour for a suspected be why, he refused to stop. he lost control of his car and slammed through a fire hydrant and scaffolding. he was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. fortunately he did not hurt anyone else but it took a lot of work for them to shut off the water but not before thousands of gallons are still on the street. they shut down the on ramp for at least four and a half hours so that the crews could fix the scaffolding and look at the building to see if it was ok. it turned out everything was. the architect said the city force him to put on hundred thousand dollars worth into the fire hydrant. we will see who gets the bill for as far as the fire hydrant is concerned. hopefully the fire department will be out here soon. at the very least they
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will probably have to screw it back on because it was meant to break away. >> san jose police are investigating a fatal hit and run crash that happened around 6:00 last night. in the area of south light road where man was struck and killed by a vehicle. the driver left the scene. police are looking for a dark colored and cb arm band with possible crash damage from the fatal accident. by year's long battle of the police department been taking over by the fed is over for at least now. the police department will not be subjected to a federal appointed court receivership. the department will avoid federal intervention. the compliance director will be appointed to ensure that the writers case will be completed. it
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was also recommended by the chief that some officers be reprimanded for the occupy protesters. >> british retail giant tesco is announcing their fresh and easy market's been the u.s. may close if they cannot find a buyer. i have 19 stores in the bay area of that employ 5000 people. the same bills itself as a market where shoppers can find fresh and affordable food. mike delta will have more from the walnut creek store in the next half-hour. >> as tinkle in the east bay is larger than it was when the first collapse. this happened sunday morning along on the road and lafayette. a storm drain under the road and failed and opened a huge hole. they had to widen on hold by 10
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ft. to place fabric support and boulders on top. officials fear soil rushing to push up the stream and pushed the creek. possibly leading the flooding of nearby homes and and and what if another storm hits. the road could be closed for the entire winter as it is crews figure out how replace the drain. crews cut down a 40 ft. acacia cherry and richmond over the weekend. also the russian hill neighborhood in san francisco workers remove a 100 ft cypress tree and a 75 t crane had to be brought in to remove it. >> dozens of same-sex couples in washington state are tying the knot the just eat ourhours after the marriages
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legalized. washington joined several other states which now allowed gay and lesbian couples to wed. also washington this morning recreational marijuana use is now legal. last night under the people gathered under the space needle for a new year's eve style countdown when the measure took effect. they cheered and leg joints in unison. of the piece of marijuana is still banned and is still a crime to sell marijuana it is just possession and that is legal. national political figures are pointing out that smoking pot is still a federal crime. >> here is a live shot where traffic on the bridge is nice and light. we will be right back.
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one person is dead after a house fire ripped through a home intemperances those in the side heights neighborhood. it was reported at 830. the firefighters had contained around 9:00. there are eight had a person take into the hospital the victim's identity of not being released at this time.
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there is a homicide and highway 680 and concord avenue no further details have been released at this time. we'll bring you updates as they become available. >> barrier is expected to cost $26 million and should be completed by 2014. apple ceo tim coke says it will produce one of its existing lines of mac users in the u.s. next year. they didn't say where in the country would be made. the consumer electronics world has never really had a big production presence in the u.s.. this comes after apple posted its worst stock
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dropped in four years erasing 35 million in market capitalization. >> the time is now 9:11 a.m. and we'll be back in a couple minutes with rob black. also keeping our eye on weather and traffic for you why we are trying to clear out and did some sunshine. the san mateo bridge traffic is light. we will be right back.
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>> watching winners and losers on wall street we will start with a winner rob, you've
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>> thanks > i don't care for the ceo, i find him creepy. they applauded for it a gambling license with nevada it will take 12 to 18 months to get approved but they are moving in that direction. zynga is looking to start black jack in the u.k.. i am saying it is intriguing because of on- line gambling. this could bring in revenue. >> if you want to gamble than buy some stock shares for $2.50 an gamelagamble on
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>> i like yoyelp, someone went on yelp and said that in one doctor gave her frankenstein and breasts. i like the ability to be able to go to the sides and complained. i do not like the ability that there is no leash. i can go in trash the local contractor and make stuff up. on-line identity has to improve for this tuesday and place. >> the old is being held responsible? >> yes >> call of duty, blacktops to has sold a million already. >> they sold a billion
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dollars worth in the first 15 days. they beat out call of duty in modern warfare. this is a blockbuster flat franchise but unfortunately it has not done much. you hit a home run with this one but you strike out with harry potter video game. it is a billion dollars, i brought that up because it movies do not make a billion dollars. this is a blockbuster and people talk about it. >> this is much better than a movie, it looks real > >> once i beat my game i did not buy any more. >> now you are into yoga pants >> yes now i am anti of the pants. if you go to the web
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site is attracted people wearing attractive close. this is a retailer that is small. wall street loves the revenue story. i would be intrigued if it pulled back. it is entering what would be referred to this season of exercise. people get fat during the holidays and then they decide to go to the gym to work it off. this is one of those specialty boutique type of angles. they could expand and wall street loves a with revenue story. keep an eye on the stock, nice little trend >> women say that they are not very flattering >> remember when they said they were glad to start a business to have people watching women practice
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yoga? >> the time has 9:19 a.m. and we want to get a look at san jose. traffic is still slow northbound on the 1 01. it is still gray but other areas are seeing sunshine. >> we're not quite there yet but we are getting there. the bay bridge in you can see the clouds. we did see some sunshine click creeping through our golden gate camera this morning. we will see more sunshine. this morning low clouds for a lot of areas and areas of fog but nothing to dance is being reported. this morning has not been that bad at all. this afternoon, partly cloudy conditions dry and mild this evening. it should be a pretty nice day.
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thanks to high pressure it is going to keep us continuing a quiet in dry weather pattern. not just today but tomorrow and through the weekend and all the holiday shopping and parties. the high pressure on the coast will keep his arms and moisture to the north and push everything else to the east. we will enjoy the warmer conditions for the weekend and part of next week. temperatures right now 49 daly city 54 in san francisco 57 in oakland redwood city is mid '50s. most places are coming in the mid-50s at this hour. your future cast for the temperatures, known will mostly be in the '60s and some spots in the east bay that you may still be in the '50s. we would generally make it into low 60s for most areas today. with that sunshine is should feel pretty nice. this evening we will cool things down by 5
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6:00 back down to the '50s. it will be dried and partly cloudy conditions. your highs for today temperatures in daly city upper 50s downtown san francisco 67 fl 59 oakland lower 60s. most people will be making it into the lower 60s for the day. 7 day around the bay shows the dry pattern continuing through tomorrow. friday and saturday we may see more fog. it could also be widespread potentially tomorrow or even saturday. lots of sunshine, not a single raindrop and the forecast. lots of sunshine for sunday and sunday as high as mayor mid-60s. monday tuesday wednesday are also looking warm. it was tuesday is the widwarmest day. this no bomb scare report for today looks like heaven
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these base is around 58 in. in the snow around 1 in.. squaw valley 62 in. norstar base is at 60 in.. it is 9:22 a.m. and over to mark >> traffic in the bay area west of 580 still has the metopes sticking up from the freeway. the area is called off right now and the delays are not too bad. it is as bad on the approach itself. other than that you can see green stars appear on the screen coming from interstate 80 right where it joins up with 580. conditions has certainly improved. you may want to tack on a few extra minutes of for your actual dry. the approach of the bay bridge toll plaza is struggling in the meter and lights are still active. it is luggage, and then nimitz freeway and interstate 880 this morning.
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southbound on the golden gate bridge is looking good coming out of marin county. and i last report we saw very slow conditions northbound 85 approaching cupertino. that is not the case anymore we are starting to see green on our roadways sensors. the backup is isolated between interstate 28237. this is northbound 85 were you can see red on your screen. speeds are below 25 mi. an hour. and as a 280 itself is a problem free and you can see trouble free conditions and two san jose. northbound 1 01 is still a bit slow, we are of behind schedule approaching the '87 interchange. >> we will take a break as the kron4 morning news continues. of the answer in connection with a family and south bay's accused of operating eight and on licence group home.
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three family members accused of running and on licensed group home have pleaded no contest to the charges. the place was littered with trash and overrun by dogs.
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prosecutors say more than a dozen of mentally ill men and women, many of them vietnamese immigrants stayed at that home under deplorable conditions. some were beaten and denied food and medical attention. >> the disgraced former head of an elite a drug task force is facing up to 17 years of his prison. the 51 year-old lead the now- defunct central costa county narcotic enforcement team that conducted drug raids and shot down prostitution rings. he will be sentenced in february. norman wielsch and private investigator
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christopher but there were indicted for stealing drugs, operating a brothel in conducting phony sting operations to rob prostitutes. butler pleaded guilty and is in prison. >> the future is uncertain for fresh and easy stores in the u.s.. i live look outside, no look outside that we have been looking at our live camera and saying that there's still plenty of clouds out there. we will see sunshine later this afternoon.
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>> this is a pretty shy of san francisco, you can see the clouds and the background with the sun. that is what we are ine rain in. >> of we will see a mixture of sun and clouds today. it looks a lot better out there and this afternoon the clouds will continue to
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decrease. we will see more sunshine in dire conditions. -- dry yeer conditions we could see some fog for the next couple of days but lots of sunshine and dry for today. the weekend looked very good to get the christmas tree are put up decorations. temperatures right now in downtown san francisco 57 san jose is at 56, oakland 57, of santa rosa 53, out livermore mid- 50s. when i come back and i have your 7 day forecast including the weekend and i will let you know just how warm it is going to get. >> i'm not looking at in the hot spots what's so ever. we do still have the metopes
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sticking out of the span of the rich and sam are fell bridge westbound. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is loosening up coming from the 880 over crossing. the meeting lights are still active but improved speeds on the incline and across the upper deck. >> new this morning a man in jail but not before taking police on a pursuit that led to a crash at a construction site in san francisco. because the street to be filled with thousands of gallons of water, will tran is on the scene >> lots of confusion for drivers this morning you are used to making a right turn on assets and on to the bay bridge eastbound. this place was shut down for hours because someone's land of their car through a fire hydrant and into some scaffolding that forced the crew to come out and fix it. ultimately they got it done around 845 this morning. there is video of the driver being taken away. this
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happened about 4:00 a.m. when police spotted the man they suspected was driving under the influence. they tried to get him to pull over and he refused. is are pursued to place and he lost control at this intersection. he plowed through a fire hydrant and sent thousands of gallons of water into the air. he damage the scaffolding, the firemen came out and turned off the water. he was taken to hospital for his injuries, fortunately he was the only one injured. this thing was finally cleared around 850 this morning. >> british supermarket chain tesco is considering closing its 200 fresh and easy grocery stores in the united states. there are 19 in the bay area, these will be closed to. mike pelton is at the fresh and easy store in walnut creek >> this press and museum
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walnut creek is open and shoppers are going outside. this is one of the 19 stores in the area. many of those may close because the parent company has decided to launch a strategic review of this fresh and easy stores. the drop to shareholder returns is what sparked it. this will likely result in the company leaving the united states. that has a lot of shoppers of set this morning. >> it's kind of disappointing. it was a nice option have around and we don't have a lot of selection here. i don't always like the other grocery stores. it is nice to have fresh and easy, it is another option. >> a wide range of options are being reviewed. they
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hope that more answers this coming april. >> a lawyer for software company founder john mcafee has been denied political asylum in guatemala. they are paving the way for his deportation back to police. he has been on the run from the authorities and police who want to question him about the shooting death of his next-door neighbor. this happened last month. we have video of him and what mall yesterday. he denied he had anything to do with the murder. he states he is being persecuted for refusing to donate to local police. >> and outside look at the approach of the bay bridge, it is getting a little better. it is getting some ride why is it better as well. we will be right back.
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a tough line on the fiscal cliff as far as the obama resumes contact with house speaker john banner. treasury secretary says that the administration will absolutely let the double whammy take effect as scheduled on less republicans give and to president obama as the man to raise tax rates at all where income levels. geiger says the problem is too big to be solved without raising tax rates on the wealthy. he drew a fierce response from republicans saying that the statement was stunning and irresponsible. egest republic golegest republis ordered protesters supporting and opposing
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president mohammed morsi to leave the area around the presidential palace that has been the site of fierce clashes. the guard gave broad protesters on both sides time to clear out. >> the death toll from the typhoon hit the southern philippines has climbed to 350 people today. it hit hardest in the southern philippines where entire families were washed away. and the four injured people are still missing. nato has called on north korea to cancel its plans for a second rocket launch. ambassador stated yesterday that it wants would violate u.n. resolutions and could be is that the stabilize the korean peninsula. russia and china are urging north korea to not proceed with the planned rocket launchers. >> it is now 948 and changes are coming to an said gramm and twitter. our mt. tam
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cam is stop and with great skies. we have great skies around the bay area but no rain. we will be right back.
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>> cal has a new football coach sonny dikes and hopes that the offense of mastermind can revive the program has struggled in recent years under the fire just transferred. the eggs had a 22 and 15 record with the bulldogs averaging just under 36 points and 452 and a half yards per game in his tenure. nhl labor talks continue again today after they met for nearly nine hours yesterday. there'll be an internal meeting first and then meeting with the
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nhl again. the owners want a 10 year contract and the players want a shorter one. today will be a third straight day of talks attempting to settle the dispute that is starting to the entire hockey season. the lockout is now on its 82nd day. >> the price of crab this holiday season could be going up. crabs as a man from san francisco have monday and all that they are on strike over prices. the problem started over the weekend when crab boat skippers heard that his brokers are planning to cut the prices they pay for fresh crab from $3 a pound to as low as $1.80 a pound. price does use of guns as crab are common during the holiday season. last season fish and issues to go into the water until they were given the prices they wanted. residents and la honda are being advised by the san mateo county department of
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public works to conserve water after storms have stirred up the region's main water source. until the water can be replenished the district is importing water from 3 mi. away in asking residents to scale back on water usage. >> we're still seeing some minor delays at the richmond san rafael bridge. this is westbound men span. we have a metal keys sticking out from under the roadway. caltrans on the scene. the commute has quieted down so there's just a minor back up on the approach. speeds are below 25 mi. an hour. not a reason to be to are rounded the attack on an extra five minutes to your usual ride heading out of the east bay to the north bay. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza has loosened up. no problem from the nimitz freeway, much more moving from the east shore freeway
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and 580. westbound 92 the san mateo bridge looking good, no issues mid span here. southbound 1 01 the golden gate bridge is relatively heavy and you can see traffic is certainly moving in both directions. no incidents to report and it looks like you get to drive in the sunshine. >> we do see some sunshine out there on this thursday morning. they will be a pretty nice day. temperatures will be slightly above average. this afternoon partly cloudy conditions, dry and mild. this evening will also be pleasant. we sought areas of life of this morning but nothing to dance. satellite and radar shows we do not have any green on the screen. that means we have a dry conditions, thanks to this ridge of high pressure sitting off the coast. it will basically sell all the moisture and storms up north and east of us. we're looking forward to dry weather conditions and not
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just through tomorrow but into the early part of next week as well. temperatures right now are generally fairly pleasant out there. daly city is 58 but most places are in the mid '50s during this hour. future cast shows by noon we'll see temperatures and mid-60s. there is are color-coded key right there. putting this in a motion and this afternoon we will get into lower 60s. most of us will be a little above the average high for this time of year. no complaints i think the by 3:00 we will be in the lower 60s from most areas. we'll cool things down this evening into the '50s but the wins will be light and partly cloudy conditions. hires for today temperatures around 60 in downtown stamford cisco sunnyvale 62 vallejo's 69 pleasanton 60 thisd the bay forecast shows a dry
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on friday and we could potentially season then slogged in the morning. maybe widespread. we will have to keep an eye out for that and once that fog lifts and spreads out look at your weekend. i 64 on sunday, that will be nice. monday tuesday wednesday also looking very good. tuesday will be the warmest day with the mid-60s and that will feel warm for a lot of folks. enjoy the stretch of dry days, and no problems and up the christmas lights or getting the tree. >> health group is issuing a warning that creek mattresses and and then changing pads may contain dangerous levels of a known carcinogen. the center for environmental health and oakland says it's taking legal action against stores like toys r us and wal-mart to try and stop them from selling some products that contain the chemical chlorinated stress with levels higher than permitted
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in california. the chemical banned from children's pajamas in 1977 and has been linked with the gene mutations and hormone disruption. >> and the study shows more people shopped on thanksgiving day then black friday this year. 30 percent of americans surveyed say they shot on store, are in stores on thanksgiving day. that is more than the 29% of shoppers to visit stores on black friday. sales fell 1.8% on black friday itself this year. it rose almost 3 percent for the overall weekend to and including thanksgiving day. expect to see some changes since the gramm and twitter. before win instant and users tweet about their answer grandpa's the image will appear in line with this week. now those in mind images are cropped and properly formatted and
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mobile apps. according to ins the ground they're going to for the messages will cease to exist in all twitter products. that bottle at die once to establish itself as an interstate entity that exist outside its smart phone apps. >> 10:00 at the kron4 morning is dr. phil talks about how to talk your kids about sex. we will be back. ♪
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the countdown is on to the bay area's favor waitering in the new year. though ms. kron4 is new year's live hosta by catherine he nan and gary radnich. it's the only local and long live show in the bay area to bring in the new year. this year promises to be bigger and better than ever. an
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entertainment news senior riyadh will start her own reality show and a music legend is morning. >>rihanna will star in her own reality show. current latest project premieres next year. jay-z is not too rich or famous for the subway. not everyone who he encountered knows who he is. watch this the video was captured for a documentary about his recent performances in brooklyn. he was what riding the train to his final show.
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the jazz world is mourning the loss of aid legend. brubeck was addressed to the emergency room where the doctor could not save him, he died of heart failure. thursday would have been his 92nd birthday. some of his best known work includes take five am blue rondo of the turf. >> how would you like to smell like fresh big piece all the time. speeds that has come out, this is for real with a limited edition birth and that smells like freshly baked dough with a little bit of spice mix and. it started as a joke on facebook buddy ball and turben to the real thing after enough people sign up a stand on the site. the first 100 fans to direct message be sent by canada on facebook got a bottle of a limited edition cent. those models went out this week so they arrive in time for christmas. >> i don't want to smell
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like veto when i'm eating pizza. when you rather smell like apple pie? >> and no. it wouldn't your guy like you smell like pizza? it will only work if it takes off in canada. it may come out here. >> that is it for today, we will see you tomorrow. >> dr. phil is next. [ male announcer ] are you ready for tomorrow's technology today?
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